Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 210
es of the Gothic style.There was, further, most decided mechanical advantagesarising from the employment of the pointed arch. Asa support, the arch brought the superimposed weightnearer the vertical line than the round arch. It wasthis peculiarity which led to the use of the Gothicslender buttress.… … Thcslinflfi «, /. (. wliici nrc separ.ited Iry h illoHj, mlerscc; thi c:ii>it.il 1. .lilt rimuplne w.ills of tiie nave. frum them fpriii!? at i tliccidss .iml diagiiial iiL/j of tliv UilVli
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